Heart of DarknessDover Publications, 1990 M07 1 - 80 páginas Although Polish by birth, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." — Encyclopaedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow is brought face to face with the corruption and despair that Conrad saw at the heart of human existence. |
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... steamboat afloat . " He was becoming confidential now , but I fancy my unresponsive attitude must have exasperated him at last , for he judged it necessary to inform me he feared neither God nor devil , let alone any mere man . I said I ...
... steamboat , I heard voices approaching - and there were the nephew and the uncle strolling along the bank . I laid my head on my arm again , and had nearly lost myself in a doze , when somebody said in my ear , as it were : ' I am as ...
... steamboat on my first trip . It's a wonder to me yet . Imagine a blindfolded man set to drive a van over a bad road . I sweated and shivered over that business considerably , I can tell you . After all , for a seaman , to scrape the ...